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Convention organizers won’t say what he’ll be doing in Tampa or whether he’ll address the delegates there. But they promise the controversial billionaire and prominent anti-President Barack Obama provocateur will be part of their opening day schedule.

The move will undoubtedly generate headlines given the real estate mogul’s star power and his flair for the unconventional.

But it will also give Democrats an avenue to pound the GOP for giving a platform to a man who has relentlessly questioned Obama’s citizenship.

Mitt Romney has embraced Trump this campaign season, including attending a Las Vegas fundraiser in May thrown by the reality TV star.

Trump has generated some buzz with recent posts on Twitter saying he was planning a “big surprise” at the convention next week. But for the first time sources are confirming Republicans will indeed enlist Trump to be part of their opening day act.

Trump’s appearance will come on a day with a theme titled, “We Can Do Better,” which appears likely to amount to a coordinated attack on Obama’s time in office.

“We are going after Obama,” said Kyle Downey, a convention spokesman. “If he doesn’t want to talk about his failed record, we will. The American people expect and deserve better.”

More details of the first day’s schedule will be released Monday on the party’s convention mobile app, called Tampa 2012.

I'm not sure why this is funny to people. Donald Trump is a racist People talk about Biden and what he may have met. We all know Donald Trump is a rascist and for some reason Politico finds this stuff funny. I'm not sure what's going on.

We already know the Trump "surprise" at the RNC, he'll showcase a video in which he "fires" an Obama impersonator.

That the impersonator tweeted his picture with Trump, and told people to watch the RNC, bears out Alex Pareene's claim, and Trump's hissy fit tweet slamming Pareene just adds further weight to Pareene's contention.

"I always find it amusing to watch Democrats call other people racist. It's the proverbial "pot calling the kettle black." And I always find it ridiculous that those in the GOP call democrats racist just because we bring their bigotry, prejudice and racism to the light of day.